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The wars & local soldiers, 1937

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At Anzac When 15. Australian's Adventurous Career

Macleay Argus · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 9

Ewart Linley, Who claims to have been the youngest soldier at Gallipoli, is now a patient at Casino Memorial Hospital…

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BOWLERS v. Returned. Soldiers

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 3

The above will meet in a challenge match for the S.C.P. Cap on Saturday. 26th June. Play will commence at 1.45 p.m…

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The Church and War Archbishop and Vicar. "Sabre-rattling Churchmen."

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 2

What he described as "sabro-rattling Churchmen" were denounced by the Rev. B. H. le Messurier, vicar of Holy Trinity, St. Pancras, in the course of…

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Liberty Gained on 13th Attempt Ex-soldier's Flight From Devil's Isle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 2

News recently reached-authorities in the French capital that an exsoldier, stated to be of Scottish birth, has escaped from the dreaded French…

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Frontier Fight British Soldiers Killed Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 4

Simla: Seven British soldiers were killed and 35 wounded in an engagement on the North-west frontier. The tribesmen suffered heavily from land…

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War Service Homes. Canberra

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

According to the report issued by the Minister in Charge of War Service Homes, Mr. J. A. J. Hunter, more than a quarter of the returned soldiers…

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"France on Road to War." Paris, 1737

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

During a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies, one Deputy expressed the view that France was…

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Welcome Home!

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 7

A fashionably-dressed woman approached a flower seller and asked for a shilling's worth of blooms. After the purchase she inquired:—…

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War Service Homes £29,341,000 Spent by Commission Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 4

Canberra: According to a report issued by the Minister in charge of War Service Homes, Mr. J. A. J. Hunter, more than a quarter of the returned…

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Local Government. Preference to Returned Soldiers. a Matter of Legal Rights

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 1

At nearly every council table the rights of the returned soldier come under discussion. In fact, in the past few months, owing to the scheme of…

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"Nobody Wants War." London, 7737

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 5

"As I do not believe anybody wants to start a Western European conflagration, I do not see why, with a little ingenuity and goodwill, we…

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Salvation Army Caring for Basque Child Victims of Spanish Civil War

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 1

An important share is being taken by the Salvation Army in Great Britain in the humanitarian work made necessary by the plight of hundreds…

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War Service Homes. Interesting Figures

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 July 1937 · page 6

More than a quarter of the returned soldiers who were provided with homes under the War Service Homes Act now own them. This statement…

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Oyster Supper. For Soldier Patients. Happy Party

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 July 1937 · page 9

Monday night was an eagerly awaited occasion at the Prince of Wales Military Hospital, at Randwick—it was the annual oyster supper…

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"There Will Be No War." German "Flying Chancellor" on World Tour

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1937 · page 1

Once known as the Flying Chanceflor, and more recently as the Flying Ambassador, Dr. Hans Luther, the former Chancellor of Germany, who…

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War Service Homes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 3

More than a quarter of the returned soldiers who were provided with homes under the War Service Homes Act, now own them. This statement…

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Aborigine and Soldier

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 7

Fair play is bonnie play, and in the ends of justice and discrimination the question of locating the aborigines is surrounded by many problems…

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The Salvation Army. Caring for Basque Child Victims of Spanish Civil War

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 6

An important share is being taken by the Salvation Army in Great Britain in the humanitarian work made necessary by the plight of hundreds of…

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The Salvation Army. Caring for Basque Child Victims of Spanish Civil War

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1937 · page 3

An important share is being taken by the Salvation Army in Great Britain in the humanitarian work made necessary by the plight of hundreds…

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Ethiopian War Cost

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 3

A Rome correspondent writing in mid-June says that having given the Italian people the vivid realization that they now had an Empire by…

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